From as early as I remember, the way teachers graded my writing was extremely subjectively based. Whenever I would turn in a writing assignment, I would worry if my honest effort was enough to please the teacher with the power of the almightly red pen. Therefore, receiving a grading rubric was always a breath of fresh air. I knew that if I worked hard to compose a paper, with respect to the teacher's guidelines, I would be graded objectively and not on the whim of my teacher's personal style.
Further, when I was in my early stages of my writing, say first through sixth grade, grading rubrics made me for atune to developing a conventional style of writing. The specifically outlined steps and criteria created perameters in my style. These
Further, when I was in my early stages of my writing, say first through sixth grade, grading rubrics made me for atune to developing a conventional style of writing. The specifically outlined steps and criteria created perameters in my style. These